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Lancashire fast bowler Jack Blatherwick has signed a new two-year contract which will keep him at the club until at least the end of the 2027 county season. The 27-year-old joined the Red Rose county from Nottinghamshire in 2020 and has made 57 appearances in all formats, taking 72 wickets. …

West Ham have signed Norway international Tuva Hansen from Bayern Munich. The 28-year-old defender switches to the Women’s Super League having won three consecutive Frauen-Bundesliga titles in Germany and playing in the Champions League. With 60 international caps, she has also represented her country at the World Cup and Euros. …

Che Adams: The Leicester-born 29-year-old is a favourite of Scotland boss Steve Clarke. He moved to Torino two years ago after featuring in the Premier League with Southampton. This season, he has scored five goals in 24 appearances for his 16th-placed side. Josh Doig: The 23-year-old from Edinburgh is at …

Kent seam bowler Fred Klaassen has signed a new two-year deal, keeping him at the club until at least the end of the 2027 season. The 33-year-old joined Kent in 2018 and has gone on to take 76 wickets in 69 T20 appearances. A one-day specialist, Klaassen’s contract has been …

Axel Brown, from Harrogate, is on the Trinidad and Tobago bobsleigh team at the upcoming Winter Olympics. BBC News

Snap is launching a separate business for its upcoming Specs augmented reality glasses in a bid to lure new investors to the project. The new company, aptly named “Specs,” will operate under Snap as a distinct subsidiary ahead of the long-awaited public launch of Specs glasses later this year. “Establishing …

Khadija Shaw is the leading scorer in the WSL this season and reached a century of goals for Manchester City by scoring four against Aston Villa in December. But despite her helping City to lead a title charge this season, the Jamaica international is into the final months of the …

Len Pennie and the film composer Paul Leonard-Morgan have collaborated on a new album called Delusions. BBC News

KKR, the American asset management behemoth, is in detailed talks about a multibillion pound deal to take a stake in the sports investment vehicle which owns stakes in Six Nations Rugby, women’s professional tennis and the top flights of French and Spanish men’s football. Sky News has learnt that KKR …

Northern Ireland have appointed Kris Lindsay as interim manager for their first pair of 2027 Women’s World Cup qualifiers in March. Tanya Oxtoby left the post to manage Newcastle United in November after two years in charge and, with no permanent replacement appointed, Lindsay will take charge of games away …

A pair of astronomers at the European Space Agency (ESA) discovered more than 800 previously undocumented “astrophysical anomalies” hiding in Hubble’s archives. To do so, researchers David O’Ryan and Pablo Gómez trained an AI model to comb through Hubble’s 35-year dataset, hunting for strange objects and flagging them for manual …

Once the eight winners of the play-offs have been determined they can progress to the last 16, where they will meet the top eight finishers from the league phase. From this point onward the competition adopts a knockout format, with each fixture other than the final contested over two legs. …

Bundee Aki has not travelled with the Ireland squad for their Six Nations training camp in Portugal, with the Connacht centre the subject of a misconduct complaint after his side’s defeat by Leinster on Saturday. The 35-year-old, a World Rugby player of the year nominee in 2023, is “alleged to …

West Ham have signed winger Adama Traore from Fulham in a deal worth up to £2m. The 30‑year‑old moves from west to east London, where he reunites with Nuno Espirito Santo, who managed him at Wolves. The deal, worth an initial £1m, could rise to £2m with add-ons. Capped eight …

Sussex achieved an impressive fourth-placed finish last year after achieving promotion to County Championship Division One in 2024. And despite the uncertainly of the situation, Farbrace has called on his players to remain concentrated on the new season, which starts on Friday, 3 April when his side travel to newly …

Captain Kathryn Bryce shone with bat and ball as Scotland defeated Ireland by 39 runs in the Super Six stage of Women’s T20 World Cup qualifying in Nepal. Bryce made 30 from 23 balls as Scotland posted a total of 160-5 from their 20 overs, with her sister Sarah – …

Team, I’m heartbroken by the events in Minneapolis, and my prayers and deepest sympathies are with the families, with the communities, and with everyone that’s been affected. This is a time for deescalation. I believe America is strongest when we live up to our highest ideals, when we treat everyone …

France prop Uini Atonio has been forced to retire after he was admitted to an intensive care unit following a “cardiac event”. The 35-year-old was taken to a hospital in La Rochelle on Tuesday with his club saying he suffered a suspected heart problem and is now in a stable …

Ulster head coach Richie Murphy feels the province’s increased representation in Ireland’s Six Nations squad “shows we are progressing and moving in the right direction”. Last year, just four Ulster men were selected, including development player James McNabney, but returning head coach Andy Farrell initially selected seven from the northern …

The final league stage fixtures of the Champions League will be played simultaneously on Wednesday, 28 January. All 18 games will kick-off at 20:00 GMT because it is the end of the competition’s league stage in the new format – similar to the final day of the Premier League. For …